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PM to dedicate ‘Integrated Command & Control Centre’ today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit 'Naya Raipur Smart City' on Thursday during his day-long visit of the State to inaugurate the ‘Integrated Command and Control Centre’ in the new capital city, officials informed.

Ahead of PM's visit, Chief Minister Raman Singh reviewed the arrangements at the ‘Integrated Command and Control Centre’ and issued necessary directives to the senior officials.

Modi will spend about 20 minutes at the Centre and will have a look at how the facility is operated.

Organised jointly by India Trade Promotion Organisation, NASSCOM’s Center of Excellence for the Internet of Things (CoE-IoT) and Exhibition India Group, the 4th Smart Cities India 2018 Expo received over 300 exhibitors from India and abroad.

Notably, NRDA had also decided to come out with a Bond issue for Chhattisgarh's new capital city last year.

The Authority has evolved a robust citizen-centric development and sustenance model for the new capital city based on continuous citizen engagement through various channels including social media , officials informed.

Notably, Naya Raipur being first planned city of 21st century already has state-of-the-art infrastructure at its disposal. The city has well planned economic and social infrastructure, officials informed.

The Village Development Plan is also taking care of social equity and cohesion. The rich culture and heritage all adds to the strength of the city, they informed.

It may be recalled that a ‘Master System Integrator’ will manage the extraordinarily high-technology oriented ‘Naya Raipur Smart City System’.

The Naya Raipur Smart City System will comprise Smart Governance, City Surveillance, Intelligent Transport management System, Electricity and Water supply and City Command and Control Centre among others, officials informed.

Notably, the new capital city of Chhattisgarh is a ‘green field’ city and is planned to develop its infrastructure gradually in order to provide world class amenities and facilities to its residents and visitors.

NRDA has taken the next step in “Smart City’ development with plans now for ‘Information & Communication Technology” (ICT) enablement of infrastructure and citizen services, officials informed